UTime (NASDAQ:WTO) and AST SpaceMobile (NASDAQ:ASTS) Critical Analysis

UTime (NASDAQ:WTO) and AST SpaceMobile (NASDAQ:ASTS) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and earnings.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for UTime and AST SpaceMobile, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
UTime	0	0	0	0	0.00
AST SpaceMobile	0	3	5	0	2.63

AST SpaceMobile has a consensus price target of $45.34, indicating a potential downside of 9.26%. Given AST SpaceMobile’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe AST SpaceMobile is more favorable than UTime.

Risk & Volatility

UTime has a beta of 0.44, indicating that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AST SpaceMobile has a beta of 2.02, indicating that its share price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

1.1% of UTime shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.0% of AST SpaceMobile shares are held by institutional investors. 54.6% of UTime shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 34.2% of AST SpaceMobile shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares UTime and AST SpaceMobile”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
UTime	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
AST SpaceMobile	$4.42 million	3,578.06	-$300.08 million	($1.99)	-25.11

UTime has higher earnings, but lower revenue than AST SpaceMobile.

Profitability

This table compares UTime and AST SpaceMobile’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
UTime	N/A	N/A	N/A
AST SpaceMobile	-7,033.22%	-23.56%	-13.79%

Summary

AST SpaceMobile beats UTime on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About UTime

UTime Limited, together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, sells, and operates mobile phones, accessories, and related consumer electronics. The company offers consumer electronics, such as power banks, bluetooth speakers, batteries, chargers, cell phone parts, molds, and shells. It provides electronics manufacturing services, including original equipment manufacturer and original design manufacturer services. It sells its products under the UTime and Do brand names in South America, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Africa. UTime Limited was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Shenzhen, China.

About AST SpaceMobile

AST SpaceMobile, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, develops and provides access to a space-based cellular broadband network for smartphones in the United States. Its SpaceMobile service provides cellular broadband services to end-users who are out of terrestrial cellular coverage. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Midland, Texas.